# Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
Unique to the Youth Olympic Games was a mixed NOC team trophy competition.

## Medal summary
### Events

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Sōta Yamamoto Japan | Deniss Vasiļjevs Latvia | Dmitri Aliev Russia |
| Ladies details | Polina Tsurskaya Russia | Maria Sotskova Russia | Elizabet Tursynbayeva Kazakhstan |
| Pairs details | Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Russia | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Czech Republic | Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Russia |
| Ice dancing details | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Russia | Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye United States | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Russia |
| Mixed NOC team details | Team Desire (MIX) Dmitri Aliev (RUS) Li Xiangning (CHN) Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster (USA) Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin (RUS) | Team Future (MIX) Ivan Shmuratko (UKR) Diāna Ņikitina (LAT) Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař (CZE) Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras (FRA) | Team Discovery (MIX) Deniss Vasiļjevs (LAT) Fruzsina Medgyesi (HUN) Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen (CHN) Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN) |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

## Eligibility

Skaters were eligible to participate at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics if they were born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001, except males in pairs and ice dance, who may be born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2000.

## Qualification system

The overall quota for the figure skating competition was 76 total skaters, consisting of 38 men and 38 ladies. There were 16 skaters in each of the single skating disciplines (men's and ladies'), 10 pair skating teams, and 12 ice dancing team. The maximum number of entries that qualified by a National Olympic Committee was 2 per event, making 12 (6 men, 6 ladies) the maximum number of entries that a country could qualify.
If a country placed a skater in the first, second or third position in a 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships discipline they qualified for two spots in that discipline at the Youth Olympics. All other nations could enter one athlete until a quota spot of twelve for each singles event, seven for pairs and nine for ice dancing, was reached. There were further four spots for each single event and three spots for pairs/ice dancing at the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

## Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2015 World Junior Championships and the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, the following countries have earned YOG quota places.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
| 2 | Japan China | Russia Japan | China Canada Note 1 Russia | Russia United States Note 2 Ukraine |
| 1 | United States Russia Latvia Israel South Korea Argentina Canada Ukraine Italy Malaysia France Finland | Kazakhstan United States South Korea Latvia Slovakia Armenia Finland Germany China Hungary Italy Norway Note 3 | United States Ukraine Czech Republic South Korea Great Britain Note 4 Italy (added) | Canada Poland Note 4 France South Korea Note 4 Italy Czech Republic Note 4 Germany Lithuania (added) Belarus (added) Estonia (added) |
Notes
* 1. Canada will send only one pair.
* 2. USA will send only one ice dance couple.
* 3. As the host, Norway has the right to one entry per discipline and has decided to enter one lady.
* 4. Did not use their YOG quota place.

### Summary

| Nations | Boys' singles | Girls' singles | Pair skating | Ice dancing | Athlete(s) |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| China | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Total: 24 NOCs | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 76 |

## Entries

Some countries announced their selections in 2015, as early as October. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 4 February 2016.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Argentina | Mauro Calcagno | | | |
| Armenia | | Anastasia Galustyan | | |
| Belarus | | | | Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski |
| Canada | Roman Sadovsky | | Justine Brasseur / Mathieu Ostiguy | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha |
| China | Li Tangxu Lu Yunda | Li Xiangning | Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen | |
| Czech Republic | | | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | |
| Estonia | | | | Viktoria Semenjuk / Artur Gruzdev |
| Finland | Lauri Lankila | Anni Järvenpää | | |
| France | Adam Siao Him Fa | | | Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras |
| Germany | | Annika Hocke | | Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer |
| Hungary | | Fruzsina Medgyesi | | |
| Israel | Mark Gorodnitsky | | | |
| Italy | Adrien Bannister | Lucrezia Gennaro | Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo | Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti |
| Japan | Sota Yamamoto Koshiro Shimada | Yuna Shiraiwa Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| Kazakhstan | | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | | |
| Latvia | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Diāna Ņikitina | | |
| Lithuania | | | | Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala |
| Malaysia | Kai Xiang Chew | | | |
| Norway | | Juni Marie Benjaminsen | | |
| Russia | Dmitri Aliev | Maria Sotskova Polina Tsurskaya | Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin |
| Slovakia | | Alexandra Hagarová | | |
| South Korea | Cha Jun-hwan | Byun Ji-hyun | Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae | |
| Ukraine | Ivan Shmuratko | | Anastasia Pobizhenko / Dmytro Sharpar | Maria Holubtsova / Kyrylo Byelobrov Anzhelika Yurchenko / Volodymyr Byelikov |
| United States | Camden Pulkinen | Vanna Giang | Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster | Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye |

## Time schedule

Figure skating events will take place 13–16 February 2016.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan | 215.52 | 1 | 73.07 | 3 | 142.45 |
| 2 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 214.43 | 3 | 70.16 | 1 | 144.27 |
| 3 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia | 209.77 | 5 | 67.24 | 2 | 142.53 |
| 4 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada | 205.69 | 2 | 72.61 | 4 | 133.08 |
| 5 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea | 198.90 | 4 | 68.76 | 5 | 130.14 |
| 6 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan | 182.52 | 6 | 63.18 | 6 | 119.34 |
| 7 | Camden Pulkinen | United States | 166.59 | 7 | 57.91 | 8 | 108.68 |
| 8 | Li Tangxu | China | 165.70 | 9 | 49.19 | 7 | 116.51 |
| 9 | Adrien Bannister | Italy | 153.39 | 10 | 46.68 | 9 | 106.71 |
| 10 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 150.65 | 8 | 49.19 | 10 | 101.46 |
| 11 | Kai Xiang Chew | Malaysia | 137.47 | 11 | 46.53 | 13 | 90.94 |
| 12 | Lu Yunda | China | 137.26 | 13 | 44.20 | 11 | 93.06 |
| 13 | Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel | 135.78 | 12 | 44.48 | 12 | 91.30 |
| 14 | Ivan Shmuratko | Ukraine | 125.78 | 14 | 42.39 | 14 | 83.39 |
| 15 | Lauri Lankila | Finland | 92.08 | 15 | 30.65 | 15 | 61.43 |
| 16 | Mauro Calcagno | Argentina | 79.50 | 16 | 23.92 | 16 | 55.58 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Polina Tsurskaya | Russia | 186.04 | 4 | 58.65 | 1 | 127.39 |
| 2 | Maria Sotskova | Russia | 169.50 | 8 | 53.40 | 2 | 116.10 |
| 3 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan | 167.88 | 2 | 59.11 | 3 | 108.77 |
| 4 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Japan | 166.66 | 1 | 60.87 | 5 | 105.79 |
| 5 | Diāna Ņikitina | Latvia | 165.60 | 3 | 58.81 | 4 | 106.79 |
| 6 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 155.23 | 5 | 56.25 | 6 | 98.98 |
| 7 | Byun Ji-hyun | South Korea | 143.70 | 5 | 56.25 | 8 | 87.45 |
| 8 | Vanna Giang | United States | 135.65 | 10 | 48.14 | 7 | 87.51 |
| 9 | Lucrezia Gennaro | Italy | 134.18 | 11 | 47.45 | 9 | 86.73 |
| 10 | Anastasia Galustyan | Armenia | 133.21 | 7 | 55.89 | 11 | 77.32 |
| 11 | Annika Hocke | Germany | 125.20 | 15 | 41.52 | 10 | 83.68 |
| 12 | Li Xiangning | China | 121.24 | 13 | 46.97 | 13 | 74.27 |
| 13 | Anni Järvenpää | Finland | 120.91 | 9 | 48.27 | 15 | 72.64 |
| 14 | Fruzsina Medgyesi | Hungary | 117.61 | 14 | 43.45 | 14 | 74.16 |
| 15 | Juni Marie Benjaminsen | Norway | 117.16 | 12 | 47.18 | 16 | 69.98 |
| 16 | Alexandra Hagarová | Slovakia | 113.27 | 16 | 38.75 | 12 | 74.52 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot | Russia | 168.66 | 2 | 60.80 | 1 | 107.86 |
| 2 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Czech Republic | 166.13 | 1 | 61.82 | 2 | 104.31 |
| 3 | Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin | Russia | 152.77 | 3 | 56.38 | 3 | 96.39 |
| 4 | Justine Brasseur / Mathieu Ostiguy | Canada | 140.59 | 4 | 48.51 | 5 | 92.08 |
| 5 | Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong | China | 139.06 | 6 | 45.84 | 4 | 93.22 |
| 6 | Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster | United States | 126.53 | 5 | 46.47 | 6 | 80.06 |
| 7 | Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen | China | 119.78 | 7 | 43.96 | 7 | 75.82 |
| 8 | Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae | South Korea | 108.53 | 8 | 35.86 | 8 | 72.67 |
| 9 | Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo | Italy | 100.15 | 9 | 35.49 | 9 | 64.66 |
| 10 | Anastasia Pobizhenko / Dmytro Sharpar | Ukraine | 74.30 | 10 | 28.16 | 10 | 46.14 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Russia | 141.88 | 1 | 57.93 | 1 | 83.95 |
| 2 | Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye | United States | 136.37 | 3 | 55.07 | 2 | 81.30 |
| 3 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 134.62 | 2 | 57.75 | 3 | 76.87 |
| 4 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada | 125.87 | 4 | 51.06 | 4 | 74.81 |
| 5 | Anzhelika Yurchenko / Volodymyr Byelikov | Ukraine | 114.96 | 5 | 48.00 | 5 | 66.96 |
| 6 | Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski | Belarus | 108.12 | 6 | 47.88 | 9 | 60.24 |
| 7 | Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov | Ukraine | 107.66 | 9 | 41.37 | 6 | 66.29 |
| 8 | Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras | France | 105.64 | 8 | 44.50 | 7 | 61.14 |
| 9 | Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala | Lithuania | 105.52 | 7 | 44.58 | 8 | 60.94 |
| 10 | Viktoria Semenjuk / Artur Gruzdev | Estonia | 98.60 | 10 | 40.06 | 10 | 58.54 |
| 11 | Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer | Germany | 96.40 | 11 | 39.29 | 12 | 57.11 |
| 12 | Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti | Italy | 95.54 | 12 | 38.22 | 11 | 57.32 |

## Mixed NOC team trophy
### Teams

The skaters who took part the team trophy was determined by draw. The result of the draw was that none of the ladies' medalists, Polina Tsurskaya, Maria Sotskova and Elizabet Tursynbayeva, took part in this segment. It was the second consecutive time this had happened. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics none of the ladies' medalists, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Adelina Sotnikova and Li Zijun, took part in the team trophy either.
Mixed NOC teams :
| Team name | Members | Event |
| Team Desire | Dmitri Aliev Li Xiangning Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Motivation | Kai Xiang Chew Byun Ji-hyun Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Future | Ivan Shmuratko Diāna Ņikitina Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Discovery | Deniss Vasiļjevs Fruzsina Medgyesi Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Determination | Adam Siao Him Fa Kaori Sakamoto Annika Hocke Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Focus | Lauri Lankila Yuna Shiraiwa Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Courage | Roman Sadovsky Cha Jun-hwan Juni Marie Benjaminsen Alexandra Hagarová Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |
| Team Hope | Adrien Bannister Anastasia Galustyan Lucrezia Gennaro Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski | Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing |

### Results

Mixed NOC team results :
| Rank | Team name | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice Dancing | Total points |
| 1 | Team Desire | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | Team Future | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Team Discovery | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Team Motivation | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Team Focus | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Team Courage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | Team Hope | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Team Determination | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |

### Detailed results
#### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | FS | Points | Team name |
| 1 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 149.09 | 8 | Team Discovery |
| 2 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia | 141.06 | 7 | Team Desire |
| 3 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea | 139.97 | 6 | Team Courage |
| 4 | Adrien Bannister | Italy | 119.28 | 5 | Team Hope |
| 5 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 97.80 | 4 | Team Determination |
| 6 | Ivan Shmuratko | Ukraine | 89.66 | 3 | Team Future |
| 7 | Kai Xiang Chew | Malaysia | 86.56 | 2 | Team Motivation |
| 8 | Lauri Lankila | Finland | 61.57 | 1 | Team Focus |

#### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | FS | Points | Team name |
| 1 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Japan | 110.01 | 8 | Team Focus |
| 2 | Diāna Ņikitina | Latvia | 107.47 | 7 | Team Future |
| 3 | Byun Ji-hyun | South Korea | 99.94 | 6 | Team Motivation |
| 4 | Li Xiangning | China | 88.73 | 5 | Team Desire |
| 5 | Lucrezia Gennaro | Italy | 83.64 | 4 | Team Hope |
| 6 | Annika Hocke | Germany | 82.41 | 3 | Team Determination |
| 7 | Alexandra Hagarová | Slovakia | 75.55 | 2 | Team Courage |
| 8 | Fruzsina Medgyesi | Hungary | 71.26 | 1 | Team Discovery |

#### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | FS | Points | Team name |
| 1 | Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot | Russia | 104.80 | 8 | Team Motivation |
| 2 | Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař | Czech Republic | 103.91 | 7 | Team Future |
| 3 | Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin | Russia | 100.98 | 6 | Team Determination |
| 4 | Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong | China | 92.74 | 5 | Team Focus |
| 5 | Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster | United States | 82.47 | 4 | Team Desire |
| 6 | Gao Yumeng / Li Bowen | China | 74.45 | 3 | Team Discovery |
| 7 | Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae | South Korea | 70.50 | 2 | Team Hope |
| 8 | Irma Caldara / Edoardo Caputo | Italy | 68.81 | 1 | Team Courage |

#### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | FD | Points | Team name |
| 1 | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Russia | 86.48 | 8 | Team Courage |
| 2 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 80.28 | 7 | Team Desire |
| 3 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada | 73.78 | 6 | Team Discovery |
| 4 | Emilia Kalehanava / Uladzislau Palkhouski | Belarus | 65.42 | 5 | Team Hope |
| 5 | Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov | Ukraine | 64.68 | 4 | Team Focus |
| 6 | Julia Wagret / Mathieu Couyras | France | 63.06 | 3 | Team Future |
| 7 | Guostė Damulevičiūtė / Deividas Kizala | Lithuania | 55.56 | 2 | Team Motivation |
| 8 | Francesca Righi / Pietro Papetti | Italy | 53.70 | 1 | Team Determination |